The company's purpose is to certify, inspect, attest, and evaluate organizations of all sizes and industries, particularly with regard to their information security management systems, including the information, data processing, communication, and production technologies and techniques used; to support and promote organizations in establishing, designing, developing, and improving management systems, especially information security systems; to train, educate, examine, and certify individuals, especially in the fields of information management, information security, and data processing; to obtain accreditations, licenses, and other recognitions; to cooperate with relevant national and international organizations within the scope of business activities and to establish a partner network based on a franchise concept; to provide management consulting; to participate in and manage other companies in Switzerland and abroad; and to trade in goods of all kinds. The company may acquire, encumber, sell, and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that is directly or indirectly related to it.